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Joe Buck preempts criticism of ESPN's dumb 49ers animation with Lombard St. cable car

If there's one thing major broadcast networks love showing in primetime 49ers games, it's random San Francisco landmarks that are more than an hour away from where the Niners actually play football in Santa Clara. But if there are two things, the second is ensuring that residents of San Francisco know exactly how little the broadcasters know about the city.

Broadcasting legend Al Michaels was the gold standard of this for years, including a legendary 2020 lovefest with the Golden Gate Bridge where he made it very, very clear he had no idea where the Golden Gate got its name.